New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL challenging the decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to reduce the qualifying cut-off percentiles for the NEET-PG 2025-26 examination.
A bench comprising Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe took note of the challenge and directed that the matter be listed for further hearing on February 6.
The petition assails the NBEMS notification dated January 13, by which the qualifying cut-off percentiles for postgraduate medical admissions were lowered to what the petitioners describe as abnormally low levels, including zero and negative percentiles.
According to the petitioners, the reduction of qualifying standa...